Thread-data affinity optimization using compiler

ABSTRACT

Thread-data affinity optimization can be performed by a compiler during the compiling of a computer program to be executed on a cache coherent non-uniform memory access (cc-NUMA) platform. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a program to be compiled. The received program is then compiled in a first pass and executed. During execution, the compiler collects profiling data using a profiling tool. Then, in a second pass, the compiler performs thread-data affinity optimization on the program using the collected profiling data.

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BACKGROUND

1. Field

Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the fieldparallel processing. More particularly, embodiments of the presentinvention relate to thread-data affinity in a multi-threadedenvironment.

2. Description of the Related Art

Parallel processing involves simultaneous execution of two or moreinstruction threads. Performing tasks simultaneously using multipleprocessors can greatly increase the performance of various applications.There are several parallel processing architectures, including theshared-memory multi-core processor, multiprocessor, and cache coherentnon-uniform memory access (cc-NUMA) architectures. In the shared-memorymulti-core processor and multiprocessor systems, multiple processingelements (e.g., central processing units (CPUs)) are operated inparallel by an operating system and access memory via a businterconnect.

In contrast the cc-NUMA multiprocessing architecture has memoryseparated into close and distant banks. In the shared-memory multi-coreprocessor and multiprocessor systems, all processing elements access acommon memory at the same speed. In cc-NUMA, memory on the sameprocessor board as the processing element (local memory) is accessedfaster than memory on other processor boards (shared memory), hence the“non-uniform” nomenclature. As a result, the cc-NUMA architecture scalesmuch better to higher numbers of processing elements than theshared-memory multi-core processor and multiprocessor systems. “Cachecoherent NUMA” means that caching is supported in the local system. As apractical matter, most large scale NUMA systems are cc-NUMA systems,NUMA and cc-NUMA will be used interchangeable in this description. Thedifferences between NUMA and cc-NUMA are not of particular relevance forthe understanding of the various embodiments of the invention describedherein.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example cc-NUMA architecture. FIG. 1shown nodes 1-4. A larger parallel system may have many more nodes, butonly four are shown for simplicity. Each node is shown as having one ormore processing elements (sometimes also referred to as “cores”), shownas processing elements 5-11. Each node also has a local memory, shown asmemories 13-16. This is merely and illustration; nodes may have morethan two processing elements and more than one local memory connected tosuch processing elements via a bus.

A memory local to one processing element may not be local to anotherprocessing element. For example, for processing element 5, memory 13 islocal and fast to access. However, for processing element 5, memory 15is not local. Processing element 5 can access memory 15 via the linkconnecting node 1 and node 3; however, this access will havesignificantly higher latency than local memory access. Accessing memory16 from processing element 5 has even higher latency, since two separatelinks must be traversed.

It is thus apparent, that it is desirable to have data used by anexecution thread in local memory. The technical term for this is“thread-data affinity.” In a multi-threaded system, data may be used byone processing element at one time, and then by another non-localprocessing element at another time. Thread-data affinity refers to theproblem of moving data to a memory local to the processing elementexecuting a thread using the data.

There have been several attempts made to address the thread-dataaffinity problem. One type of approach is extending high-levelprogramming languages to allow data distribution directives inserted bythe programmer. However, this method compromises the simplicity of theprogram model, and cannot handle irregular memory access patterns in atimely fashion. Furthermore, it requires additional programming to beperformed.

A second approach uses a deamon (also called a service) executed in thebackground by the operating system to perform page migration as deemedappropriate for the applications being executed by the operating system.This approach, however, does not exploit the correlation between pagemigration policies and program semantics and has poor responsiveness

A third approach provides a user with a set of library routines that canbe inserted into programs to trigger page migration. This approach,however, is prone to introducing side-effects at compile time whencompiler optimizations are preformed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments of the present invention are illustrated by way of example,and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanyingdrawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elementsand in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a cache coherent non-uniformmemory access (cc-NUMA) processing platform;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating two-pass compiling according toone embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating thread-data affinity optimizationaccording to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating execution of a program thread-dataaffinity optimized according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a compiler architecture accordingto one embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example computing systemaccording to one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Two-Pass Compiling and Profiling Tools

In one embodiment, the compiler implements a two-pass compilation schemeto carry out thread-data affinity optimization. A compiler is softwarethat translates a computer program written in a high-level language,such as C++ or FORTRAN, into machine language. The compiler willgenerally translate the high-level code written by a programmer into anintermediate representation (IR) used inside the compiler. The IR can becompiler-specific and some well-known examples include the RTLrepresentation, the Stanford University Intermediate Format (SUIF)representation and the WHIRL intermediate representation of the MIPSproCompiler from Silicon Graphics Incorporated, among others. Theembodiments of the present invention are not limited to any specificcompiler or specific IR used.

While in one embodiment the code insertion described below occurs at theIR level, this is not necessarily so. Furthermore, some examples mayshow code insertion at the high-level code stage for ease ofunderstanding. Embodiments of the present invention can be implementedat various stages of the compiling process.

One embodiment of such a two-pass scheme is now described with referenceto FIG. 2. In block 202, the compiler performs regular compiling andgenerates a multi-threaded binary executable from the source codeprovided to it by the programmer. In block 204, the binary (i.e., theprogram) is executed and a profiling tool is used to collect informationabout the execution of the program. In one embodiment, a sampling-basedprofiling tool is used that samples the execution at some cycle intervaland makes a record about the processing. Such profiling tools can beused by compilers to estimate statically unknown trip-counts for loopsand other information only available at run-time. In one embodiment, theprofiling tool collects information about remote memory loads and othersuch memory access expressions.

In block 206, the compiler begins the second pass of the two-passscheme. As mentioned about, the two-pass scheme has advantages besidesthread-data affinity optimization, as the information collected by theprofiling tool is also useful to other optimizations not of importanceto the subject matter of the present application. For example, in block206 peephole and inter-procedural optimizations (IPO) are performed.

In block 208, parallelization optimization is performed by the compiler.Parallelization optimization identifies loops or other constructs thatcan be divided into several threads and executed in parallel. It can bedone by hand by the programmer, or automatically by the compiler. In oneembodiment, the parallelization optimization is done to support theOpenMP shared-memory programming model, which is a well-known industrystandard. The OpenMP Specification Version 2.5 is available athttp://www.openmp.org.

In block 210, the compiler performs various other high-leveloptimizations such as loop unrolling, loop interchange, loop fusion,loop distribution, loop peeling, multi-versioning and datatransformations. In one embodiment, such optimizations include automaticloop parallelization. In block 212, scalar optimization is performed,and the optimized executable binary is generated. However, blocks 206,208, and 210 can, on demand, invoke block 214, in which thread-dataaffinity optimization is performed. In one embodiment, the thread-dataaffinity optimization is invoked when the program is compiled forexecuting on multi-core processor and hyper-threaded processor basedcc-NUMA multiprocessor systems, and hot loops that are identified havelower performance due to poor thread-data affinity.

Thread-Data Affinity Optimization

One embodiment of the thread-data affinity optimization of block 214 ofFIG. 2 is now described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3. Inblock 302, the compiler collects the remote load data collected by theprofiling tool in block 204 of FIG. 2. In one embodiment, the compileruses the remote load data—data regarding individual expressions andremote accesses associated with each expression—to build a remote loadtable. The remote load table is a table populated with the remote loaddata. Thus, the remote load table includes expressions and latencies. Inone embodiment the latencies are expressed in clock cycles.

In block 304, the compiler determines the average remote latencyassociated with each separate expression. The remote load table cancontain multiple pieces of information about the same expression. Bydetermining the average remote latencies, a single statistic can beassociated with each separate expression, such as a load.

In block 306, a service routine is generated for each loop, the serviceroutine programmed to move data to affect the thread-data affinity. Inone embodiment, the service routine is loop-specific. However, in otherembodiment, the service routine can be generated to correspond to a hotcode block (code block being thread-data affinity optimized because ofavailable performance gain) or an individual expression, such as a load.In one embodiment, the service routine is tightly integrated to theprogram at execution as part of executing code itself. In anotherembodiment, the service routine can be inserted into a library availableto the program at execution. In one embodiment the service routine isprogrammed to execute upon the occurring of a yield event, with thepreviously executing thread resuming upon the execution of the serviceroutine.

In block 308, a trigger condition is determined for each expression inthe remote load table. In one embodiment, the trigger condition is basedon the average remote latency associated with the particular expression.The trigger condition can be expressed in terms of a number of remoteaccesses for an expression, a threshold latency for remote accesses foran expression, a combination of these factors, or in a number of otherways. In one embodiment the triggering condition is a function of thenumber of remote loads and the average latency of remote loads within acode block. For example, in one embodiment, the compiler determines thetriggering condition for each expression according to the formula shownin Equation 1 below:

$\begin{matrix}{{N_{trigger}(P)} = {\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{N}\left( {{{fraction} \times L_{\text{max-ave}}} \leq {L_{ave}\left( {RLE}_{k} \right)}} \right)}} & \left( {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right)\end{matrix}$

where N_(trigger)(P) denotes the number of remote loads whose profiledaverage latency is greater than (or equal to) a fraction (0<fraction≦1)of the maximum average latency for the code block P. In one embodiment,N_(trigger)(P) is used as the triggering condition of invoking theservice routine for the loop containing the expression whose trigger isbeing calculated. In the formula above, N denotes the number of distinctremote loads (not located within the same remote memory page) withincode block P, L_(max-ave) denotes the maximum average-latency ofdistinct remote loads within the code block P, and L_(ave)(RLE_(k))denotes the average latency of the expression (i.e., remote loadRLE_(k).) The yield can be triggered (i.e. the triggering condition canbe satisfied) by 1—in an aggressive scheme that triggers data movementupon the first remote access—up to N—in a conservative scheme thattriggers data movement only upon one of the last remote accesses, oranywhere in between.

In block 310, the compiler generates a monitor instruction to beassociated with each triggering condition, and inserts the monitorinstructions into the IR code as part of the optimization process. Inone embodiment, the monitor instruction is supported by hardware, andwhen the monitor instruction is executed, it enables a set of hardwareperformance counters to keep track of the monitored memory loadexpressions and their physical memory locations associated with thesemonitored load expressions to count how many accesses are remote memoryloads. In another embodiment, the performance counters also keep trackof the latency associated with the monitored load expressions.

The interaction between the service routine, the triggering conditioncausing the execution of the service routine, and the performancemonitor providing the data used by the triggering condition can beestablished in a number of ways. In one embodiment, a channel can beestablished for each execution thread to contain the architectural stateof a scenario. A scenario is a composite condition, such as thetriggering condition. When the scenarios triggering condition is met, ayield event can be triggered to execute the service routine.

The order of the blocks is shown in FIG. 3 is only for ease ofunderstanding; they can be performed in another order as well. Forexample, the triggering condition may be determined before the serviceroutines are generated. Furthermore, blocks 306 to 310 may be performedin sequence for each expression in the remote load table. These aremerely examples to illustrate that the FIG. 3 represents merely someembodiments of the present invention.

When the thread-data affinity optimization of FIG. 3 is done, thethread-data affinity optimized IR is again translated to a binaryexecutable. In one embodiment, the program—as compiled on this secondpass—includes triggering conditions to affect data migration, monitorcode to determine whether the triggering conditions have been met, andservice routines to perform data migration when the triggeringconditions have been met. These portions of code are generated by thecompiler on the second pass and were not part of the program executed inblock 204 of FIG. 2.

Optimized Code Execution

One embodiment of execution thread-data affinity optimized code asgenerated by a compiler implementing one embodiment in the presentinvention is now described with reference to FIG. 4. In block 402 thenew binary executable is executed, and performance information aboutremote accesses and associated latencies is collected according to themonitor instructions inserted by the compiler in block 310 of FIG. 3.Such performance data can include remote data access frequency,statistics, latency, latency statistics such as average latency forremote loads, and other such information.

In block 404, there is a determination made as to whether the triggercondition of a monitored remote access has been met, i.e. whether ascenario's composite condition is satisfied. The triggering conditionmay include a number of remote accesses, a remote access statistic orfrequency (e.g., 50 remote accesses per second), a threshold averagelatency for the load, or some other such mechanism. If the triggeringcondition has not been met, then processing continues at block 402 withthe execution of the optimized binary and collection of remote accessand latency data.

If, however, the triggering condition is determined to have been met inblock 304, then, in block 306, a yield event is triggered, to yieldexecution of the current thread to a service routine. The serviceroutine performs data movement to provide better thread-data affinityfor the monitored load expression and the hot loop. In one embodiment,the service routine yielded to is specifically associated with the hotloop and the triggering condition.

The service routine can move data by copying, moving, or maintaining animage of some sort. After the service routine completes execution, theyield event terminates and the thread executing prior to the yield eventresumes execution.

Example Compiler Architecture

An example compiler that implements one embodiment of the presentinvention is now described with reference to FIG. 5. The modules andcomponents described are described separately for ease of understanding.A compiler is a software program, and does not need to be dividedaccording to the modules described. The compiler 20 is shown in acc-NUMA environment having two nodes, the first node represented byprocessing element 22 and memory 24 and the second node represented byprocessing element 23 and memory 25. Only two nodes are shown forsimplicity. For a thread being executed by processing element 22,accessing memory 24 is a local access and accessing memory 25 is aremote access with more latency. Similarly, for a thread being executedby processing element 23, accessing memory 25 is a local access andaccessing memory 24 is a remote access.

Profiling tool 28 interfaces with he parallel processing systemrepresented by the two nodes. In one embodiment, profiling tool 28 is asampling-based profiling tool as described above. The compiler 20receives program code 30 from some word-processing application used by aprogrammer to create the program code 30. The program code 30 is thentranslated to IR for the convenience of the compiler 20. The IR isprovided to binary generator 38 which generates the binary executablethat is executed by the processing elements.

As the program executes, the profiling tool 28 collects remote accessand latency data and provides this information to the trigger generationmodule 32 to be used for thread-data affinity optimization during thesecond pass of the two-pass compiling. The trigger generation module 32generates the triggering condition. The service routine module 34generates the service routine to carry out the data migration andprograms it into a library accessible to the program.

The monitor code insertion module 36 inserts the monitor instructions toenable the remote memory access monitoring using the performancecounters. The binary generation module 38 on the second pass compilinginserts all generated code into the program code 30 to create thethread-data affinity optimized code 40.

Example Computer System

Various embodiments of the present invention have been described in thecontext of a compiler that generates code that is inserted into aprogram being compiled by the compiler. An example computer system onwhich such a compiler can be implemented (e.g., a node of a parallelcomputing system) is now described with reference to FIG. 6. Computersystem 1800 that may be used to perform one or more of the operationsdescribed herein. In alternative embodiments, the machine may comprise anetwork router, a network switch, a network bridge, Personal DigitalAssistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, a web appliance or any machinecapable of executing a sequence of instructions that specify actions tobe taken by that machine.

The computer system 1800 includes a processor 1802, a main memory 1804and a static memory 1806, which communicate with each other via a bus1808. The computer system 1800 may further include a video display unit1810 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a cathode ray tube (CRT)).The computer system 1800 also includes an alpha-numeric input device1812 (e.g., a keyboard), a cursor control device 1814 (e.g., a mouse), adisk drive unit 1816, a signal generation device 1820 (e.g., a speaker)and a network interface device 1822.

The disk drive unit 1816 includes a machine-readable medium 1824 onwhich is stored a set of instructions (i.e., software) 1826 embodyingany one, or all, of the methodologies described above. The software 1826is also shown to reside, completely or at least partially, within themain memory 1804 and/or within the processor 1802. The software 1826 mayfurther be transmitted or received via the network interface device1822. For the purposes of this specification, the term “machine-readablemedium” shall be taken to include any medium that is capable of storingor encoding a sequence of instructions for execution by the computer andthat cause the computer to perform any one of the methodologies of thepresent invention. The term “machine-readable medium” shall accordinglybe taken to included, but not be limited to, solid-state memories,optical and magnetic disks, and carrier wave signals.

General Matters

In the description above, for the purposes of explanation, numerousspecific details have been set forth. However, it is understood thatembodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specificdetails. In other instances, well-known circuits, structures andtechniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure theunderstanding of this description.

Embodiments of the present invention include various processes. Theprocesses may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied inmachine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause one or moreprocessors programmed with the instructions to perform the processes.Alternatively, the processes may be performed by a combination ofhardware and software.

Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computerprogram product that may include a machine-readable medium having storedthereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or otherelectronic device) to perform a process according to one or moreembodiments of the present invention. The machine-readable medium mayinclude, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compactdisc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, read-onlymemories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), erasable programmableread-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable programmableread-only memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory,or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storinginstructions. Moreover, embodiments of the present invention may also bedownloaded as a computer program product, wherein the program may betransferred from a remote computer to a requesting computer by way ofdata signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium viaa communication link (e.g., a modem or network connection).

While the invention has been described in terms of several embodiments,those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is notlimited to the embodiments described, but can be practiced withmodification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims. The description is thus to be regarded as illustrative insteadof limiting.

1. A method in a compiler, the method comprising: performing a firstcompiling operation to produce an intermediate representation of asource code; generating a first pass multi-threaded executable binaryfrom the intermediate representation; executing the first passmulti-threaded executable binary to collect sampling data from its firstpass via execution on a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) platform;building a remote load table of the first pass multi-threaded executablebinary based on the sampling data, wherein the remote load table listsload expressions from the first pass of the first pass multi-threadedexecutable binary and memory load latency data for each of the loadexpressions listed in the remote load table; determining, via thecompiler, a triggering condition for each load expression in the remoteload table based on the memory load latency data associated with eachload expression and a threshold latency for each load expression;performing a second compiling operation in which the compiler insertscode into the intermediate representation to monitor for the triggeringconditions; and generating a second pass multi-threaded executablebinary that is thread-data affinity optimized based on the triggeringcondition determined for each load expression from the compiledinstrumented intermediate representation, wherein the intermediaterepresentation performs data migration when the triggering conditionsare met.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the code inserted into theimmediate representation to monitor for the triggering conditions andperform the data migration when the triggering conditions are metcomprises inserting code to trigger execution of a service routine toperform the data migration.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein themonitor instruction when executed, enables a set of hardware performancecounters to count how many accesses are remote memory loads when eachload expression is being executed.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein thesampling data comprises: a list of remote load expressions; a number ofremote accesses associated with each remote load expression in the listof remote load expressions; and a latency associated with each remoteaccess for each remote load expression in the list of remote loadexpressions.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining thetriggering condition for each load expression comprises determining anaverage latency for each load expression.
 6. A compiler comprisinginstructions for: performing a first compiling operation to produce anintermediate representation of a source code; generating a first passmulti-threaded executable binary from the intermediate representation;executing the first pass multi-threaded executable binary to collectsampling data from its first pass via execution on a Non-Uniform MemoryAccess (NUMA) platform; building a remote load table of the first passmulti-threaded executable binary based on the sampling data, wherein theremote load table lists load expressions from the first pass of thefirst pass multi-threaded executable binary and memory load latency datafor each of the load expressions listed in the remote load table;determining, via the instructions of the compiler, a triggeringcondition for each load expression in the remote load table based on thememory load latency data associated with each load expression and athreshold latency for each load expression; performing a secondcompiling operation in which the instructions of the compiler insertscode into the intermediate representation to monitor for the triggeringconditions; and generating a second pass multi-threaded executablebinary that is thread-data affinity optimized based on the triggeringcondition determined for each load expression from the compiledinstrumented intermediate representation, wherein the intermediaterepresentation performs data migration when the triggering conditionsare met.
 7. The compiler of claim 6, wherein the second pass executablethat is thread-data affinity optimized includes both a service routineto perform the data migrations to be triggered by the code inserted intothe immediate representation and wherein the second pass executablefurther includes monitor instructions to monitor for the triggeringconditions.
 8. The compiler of claim 7, wherein a trigger generationmodule of the compiler determines the triggering condition for each loadexpression by determining a threshold number of times each loadexpression performs a remote access before the service routine istriggered.
 9. The compiler of claim 6, wherein a monitor code insertionmodule of the compiler generates the monitor instruction to, whenexecuted, enable a set of hardware performance counters to count howmany accesses are remote memory loads when each load expression is beingexecuted.
 10. The compiler of claim 6, wherein the sampling datacomprises 1) a list of remote load expressions, 2) a number of remoteaccesses associated with each remote load expression in the list ofremote load expressions, and 3) a latency associated with each remoteaccess for each remote load expression in the list of remote loadexpressions.
 11. The compiler of claim 10, wherein a trigger generationmodule of the compiler determines the triggering condition bydetermining an average latency for each remote load expression.
 12. Anon-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereoninstructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a compiler toperform operations comprising: performing a first compiling operation toproduce an intermediate representation of a source code; generating afirst pass multi-threaded executable binary from the intermediaterepresentation; executing the first pass multi-threaded executablebinary to collect sampling data from its first pass via execution on aNon-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) platform; building a remote load tableof the first pass multi-threaded executable binary based on the samplingdata, wherein the remote load table lists load expressions from thefirst pass of the first pass multi-threaded executable binary and memoryload latency data for each of the load expressions listed in the remoteload table; determining, via the compiler, a triggering condition foreach load expression in the remote load table based on the memory loadlatency data associated with each load expression and a thresholdlatency for each load expression; performing a second compilingoperation in which the compiler inserts code into the intermediaterepresentation to monitor for the triggering conditions; and generatinga second pass multi-threaded executable binary that is thread-dataaffinity optimized based on the triggering condition determined for eachload expression from the compiled instrumented intermediaterepresentation, wherein the intermediate representation performs datamigration when the triggering conditions are met.
 13. The non-transitorymachine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein determining the triggeringcondition for each load expression comprises determining a thresholdnumber of times each load expression performs a remote access before aservice routine is triggered to perform a data migration based on thetriggering condition being met.
 14. The non-transitory machine-readablemedium of claim 12, wherein monitoring for the triggering conditionscomprises enabling a set of hardware performance counters to count howmany memory accesses are remote memory loads when each load expressionis being executed.
 15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium ofclaim 12, wherein the sampling data comprises a list of remote loadexpressions, a number of remote accesses associated with each remoteload expression in the list of remote load expressions, and a latencyassociated with each remote access for each remote load expression inthe list of remote load expressions.
 16. A Non-Uniform Memory Access(NUMA) system comprising: a compiler to: perform a first compilingoperation to produce an intermediate representation of a source code,and to generate a first pass multi-threaded executable binary from theintermediate representation; a profiling tool to: execute the first passmulti-threaded executable binary to collect sampling data from its firstpass via execution on a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) platform, andto build a remote load table of the first pass multi-threaded executablebinary based on the sampling data, wherein the remote load table listsload expressions from the first pass of the first pass multi-threadedexecutable binary and memory load latency data for each of the loadexpressions listed in the remote load table; a monitor code instructionmodule to determine a triggering condition for each load expression inthe remote load table based on the memory load latency data associatedwith each load expression and a threshold latency for each loadexpression; wherein the compiler is to further perform a secondcompiling operation in which the compiler inserts code into theintermediate representation to monitor for the triggering conditions;and a binary generator module to generate a second pass multi-threadedexecutable binary that is thread-data affinity optimized based on thetriggering condition determined for each load expression from thecompiled instrumented intermediate representation, wherein theintermediate representation performs data migration when the triggeringconditions are met.
 17. The NUMA system of claim 16, wherein theinserted code causes a service routine to migrate data from a first nodewithin the NUMA system to a second node within the NUMA system.
 18. TheNUMA system of claim 16, further comprising: a processor to: execute afirst thread of the second pass thread-data affinity optimizedexecutable binary, monitor a load expression of the first thread of thesecond pass thread-data affinity optimized executable binary by countinghow many times the load expression requires a remote access duringexecution, and trigger a service routine when the load expressionrequires the remote access more than a threshold number of times; and aservice routine module to: execute the service routine, wherein theservice routine to migrate data from a first node within the NUMA systemto a second node within the NUMA system to optimize thread-data affinitywithin the NUMA system for the first thread, and allow resumption of theexecution of first thread upon termination of execution of the serviceroutine.
 19. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the triggeringcondition for each load expression comprises determining a thresholdnumber of times each load expression performs a remote access before aservice routine is triggered.